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Determining operating variables that impact internal fiber bonding using Wedge statistical analysis methods, TAPPI Journal November 2021
ABSTRACT: In this study, Wedge statistical analysis tools were used to collect, collate, clean up, plot, and analyze several years of operational data from a commercial paper machine. The z-direction tensile (ZDT) and Scott Bond tests were chosen as representative of fiber bond strength. After analyzing thousands of operational parameters, the ones with the most significant impact upon ZDT involved starch application method, starch penetration, and the amount of starch applied. Scott bond was found to be significantly impacted by formation and refining. Final calendering of the paper web has also shown an impact on internal fiber bonding.
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Editorial: Industry coating expert Gregg Reed joins TAPPI Journal editorial board, TAPPI Journal November 2021
ABSTRACT: TAPPI and the TAPPI JOURNAL (TJ) editorial staff would like to welcome a new member to the TJ editorial board, Gregg Reed, Ph.D., technical support leader at Imerys in Gray, GA. In his current position, Gregg develops new mineral and specialty coating products for paper and packaging applications and manages customer requests, including pilot trials. He also supervises the activities of technicians and chemists in the laboratory.
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Editorial: Seshadri Ramkumar: Nonwovens specialist and TTU professor joins TJ Editorial Board, TAPPI Journal October 2021
ABSTRACT: TAPPI and the TAPPI JOURNAL (TJ) editorial staff would like to welcome a new member to the TJ Editorial Board, Seshadri “Ram” Ramkumar, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock, TX. Readers will be familiar with Ram as a frequent contributor of guest editorials in TAPPI Journal on the topic of nonwovens.
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Editorial: ”Didn’t know we knew that” • Rediscovering the fundamentals, TAPPI Journal April 2022
ABSTRACT: Access to today’s extensive electronic information archives is certainly an amazing feat of technology. Nonetheless, it can sometimes be difficult to find pulp and paper industry process-specific resources that are easily digestible and tailored to help us in our day-to-day work.
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Fast evaluation of spatial coating layer formation using ultraviolet scanner imaging
Fast evaluation of spatial coating layer formation using ultraviolet scanner imaging
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Some observations towards improved predictive models for box compression strength, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2015
Some observations towards improved predictive models for box compression strength, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2015
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An elliptical pore model for the mechanical properties of pa
An elliptical pore model for the mechanical properties of paper, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2015
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Reducing aox by increasing oxidation potential in the first
ABSTRACT An increase in the standard oxidation potential of the reinforcing agent in the first caustic extraction stage will reduce the amount of AOX in the stage's effluent. A chlorinated broumstock pulp was treated alternatively in a basic caustic extraction (E) stage, an oxygen-reinforced caustic extraction (EO) stage, and an extraction stage reinforced with oxygen and peroxide (EOP). An AOX reduction of up to 30% was obtained in the effluent from the peroxide-reinforced extraction stage. In addition to the brownstock work, using two different model lignin compounds, we ran tests using oxyen, potassium permanganate, hydrogen peroxide with oxygen, and ozone with oxygen-reinforced caustic stages. In all cases, increasing the oxidation potential of the reinforcing agent decreased the amount of AOX detected in the effluent.
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Nanocellulose in Japan: An industrial perspective, TAPPI Journal April 2019
ABSTRACT: With the maturing of Japan’s economy, domestic demand for paper and paperboard is more likely to level off in the long term. Japanese paper companies are accelerating overseas production, especially in the emerging Asian markets, while strengthening competitiveness of domestic mills and developing new products. In Japan, we have always focused on emerging technologies and driving innovation in the pulp and paper industry. As a business definition, innovation does not equal innovative technology. Innovative technology can become innovation only when it is commercialized and used in industry.
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Real-time monitoring of bubble size distribution in a foam forming process, TAPPI JOURNAL August 2019
ABSTRACT: Foam forming is an intricate option to lessen fiber flocculation and to get better energy and water efficiency when making fiber-based products. Developed during the 1970s, this approach has recently received renewed attention, mainly because it also offers possibilities to widen the fiber-based product portfolios with novel and more valuable products. In addition to air content, bubble size is the most important property of foam. Foam quality control is essential for building real-world foam forming processes. In this work, we show how bubble size can be monitored with direct optical imaging in real time in real process conditions, and how such analysis helps adjust foam quality and discover process faults in foam forming.